Thesaurus results for POTHOLE

pothole

noun

Definition of pothole

as in basin

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Recent Examples of pothole Early pothole testing actually caused a slight structural bend in a rear swingarm. — New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026 She also got blasted on Fox News this week for a recent video of the mayor’s office being unable to fix a pothole. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026 The Reflecting Pool, the Smithsonian and prairie pothole wetland easements, in readers' eyes. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026 Orange construction barrels and pothole cones are familiar sights to Michiganders, with the Michigan Department of Transportation managing road construction projects each year. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pothole

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Noun

Since then, a growing movement across North America is attempting to transform ecological menaces into culinary commodities, from Florida to Hawai’i, British Columbia, Maine, and the Mississippi River basin.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Seventy-one percent of the water diverted from the lake’s basin is allocated to agriculture.

— Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of basin

Noun

Old channels linger as soft depressions across the floodplain, now filled with bog vegetation in muted shades of yellow, green, and brown—living traces of flowing water long since gone.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
At the time, the flood maps showed that the land the park sat on was at risk but didn’t have his home in the 100-year floodplain, which would have required expensive elevation.

— Ren Larson, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of floodplain

Noun

On the way back, a vehicle in the convoy veered off the road and fell into a ravine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Six schoolboys were left dangling roughly 900 feet above a ravine after a cable snapped, setting off a high-stakes rescue that demanded nerves of steel.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ravine

Noun

When the sun goes down, the wind picks up in central New Mexico, whipping through arid canyons with a ghostly howl that for centuries, locals have likened to the wails of the folkloric ghost La Llorona.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
There is a pleasant little trail from the test plot that goes through the canyon.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of canyon

Noun

Cherry Check Electric Kettle This MacKenzie-Childs electric kettle is sure to be your new favorite kitchen piece.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2026
The in-room Bodum electric kettle and cozy ceramic mugs by Fortessa make the whole ritual a lovely end after a full day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of kettle

Noun

Birkin’s bag was black box, a kind of calf leather, with gilded brass hardware, fashioned in a rectangular shape with saddle stitching and a burnished flap embossed with the initials JB.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Lyons recalled how Meyer and Davis transformed her own cantankerous vision — mushrooms beside saddles, faucets beside disco balls, moldings beside dog doors — into a cohesive design language.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of saddle

Noun

The team found a crevasse in the Darwin Glacier in Arakiman Cook on the South Island of New Zealand.

— Tamara Southward, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Inflation has remained more painful than anyone would like since the economy catapulted out of the crevasse created by the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of crevasse

Noun

The Ivy League college where fraternities throw parties in towering mansions and students weave between deep gorges on their way to class is being rocked over the handling of rape allegations from 2024.

— Grey Battle, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Within the town, the Victoria Falls Hotel is an old favorite, with 149 rooms and dramatic views of the rocky gorge (doubles from $760).

— Charukesi Ramadurai, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

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